Delicate grasses grow from the sandy bottom of a calm shallow bay at Sidemi, their reflection in the still water below heavy cumulus clouds. — Hasan, Primorsky Krai · September 2007

Clear Shallows at Midday

At midday on a calm September day, Sidemi Bay's shallows revealed grasses growing from the sandy bed below. Heavy cumulus clouds cast shifting shadows across the transparent water, their forms reflected in the nearly motionless surface.

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Nikon D20014mmf/91/25sISO 1002 September 2007

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